A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.168/6.6.134/6.12.81/6.18.22/6.19.12. It has been declared as critical. This affects the function edac_mc_alloc in the library lib/kobject.c. The manipulation results in allocation of resources.

This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-31689. The attacker must have access to the local network to execute the attack. No exploit exists.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.